Creating and editing pivot table reports

Sort, summarize, and filter data

After you've entered fields into your pivot table report, you can sort, summarize, filter, or add formulas to the data contained in your pivot table report. Expand one or more of the menus below to learn about these data analysis options.

Fields in the Values category can be sorted by functions like number, sum, and average.

To change how data is sorted in your pivot table report, click the drop-down menu at the bottom of the a field in the Values category. Then, select how you'd like to sort your data.

If the Values category contains more than one field, data can be displayed in either rows or columns. Switch between row and column display by clicking the as: Columns drop-down menu at the top of the Values category.

Adding a field to the Filter category lets you hide data points that you don't want to show in your pivot table report.

To filter data in your pivot table report, click the drop-down menu at the bottom of a field in the Filter category. Then, use the checkboxes in the drop-down menu to select the data points you want to show or hide in your pivot table report.

You can analyze your data even more by entering formulas outside of the borders of the pivot data report. The formula will treat pivot table values as regular data cells, and can be dragged to expand across a row.

If you make changes to the source data spreadsheet after adding a formula, the pivot table report and formula results will update with new values.